Plate lifter



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PLATE LIFTER Filed Nov. 25, 1925 Qllllllll r atto/wwe PATENT oF-Flcda.

MARIA GUITIAN,VF HABANA, CUBA.

PLATE LIFTER.

Application tiled-November 25, 1925. Seria1 No. 71,394.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARIA GUI'rIAN, al

i l subject of the King of Spain, residing at slot communicates.

Habana, in the Province of Habana, Cuba, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plate Lit-ters, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention is an improved device for use in handling hotplates, platters and `the like, the object of the invention bein provide an improved utensil of this c ar-v acter which is simple in construction and which is elicient in o eration.

With the above an other objects in View;-

the invention consists in the construction,

vcombination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described 'and claimed..

In the accompanying drawingsf- Figure 1 is an elevation'of a plate lifter constructed Vand arranged in accordance with my invention. j

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view 'of the same on the plane indicated lby the line 2 2 of Figure 1. i

Fi re 3 is a perspective view of a modified ormof the plate lifter. j

Referring especiall to the form of the invention shown in igures 1 and 2, the plate lifter comprises a head 1 which is provided with a pair of jaws 2, 3 and with a shank 4, which shank'is secured Yin a socket 5 of a suitable handle 6 which may be o any suitable length. The jaw 2 is iixed to the head and the jaw 3 is movable toward and from the jaw 2 in order to grip plates, platters or the like of various thicknesses between said jaws. The head 1 has a slot 7 and alsohas an opening 8 with which said That portion of the slot 7 which is next the opening 8 has a'substantially cylindrical enlargement 9.. The

jaw 3 has a neck 10 which extends through the slot 7 and is movable therein, the rear portion of said neck being substantially cylindrical in form as at 11 and fitting in the correspondingly shaped portion 91 of the slot 7. On its under side the jaw 3 has an integral plug 12, the rear ortion of which is coincident with the nec 10.

Mounted for rotation in the slot 8, and on a iscrew stem 13 which forms its axis is a worm 14, the diameter ofv which somewhat exceeds the thickness of that portion of the shank 4 which joins the jaw 2 so that said worm at its opposite, sides rejects somewhat beyond opposite sides of t e head and hencev fto and a maybe readily gripped by the thumb and foreinger to enable said worm to be turned. Said worm is preferably milled and engages teeth 15 with which the cylindrical portlon 11 of the neck 10 is provided and hence by turning the worm the jaw 3 may be caused to move toward or from the jaw 2 as may be required to enable the tool to be used on a plate, platter or other like object of any thickness. A

Each vjaw is inform substantially an equilateral triangle, widening toward its outer end as shown: The opposing faces of the jaws are provided res actively with recesses 2", 3 -in whlch are tted pads 16 to frietionally grip the article to be lifted .or

iiandled, the said pads being made of ruber terial.

The jaws are made of spring metal such as brass or steel so that they are capable o limitedspring action tp'ward and from each other and the 'aws are also arranged at a slight` angle w1threspectv to each other so that the space between the jawsk narrows toward'the inner ends of the jaws. as shown. This greatlyffacilitates the application, of

leather, felt, or any other suitab1ema-- the tool to the edge oa plate, platter or the like.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 3 the jaws 17 are both fixed to the l i head 18.

While I have herein shown and described twoI Jforms of my Aimproved plate lifter, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportions and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A plate lifter comprising a head arranged for the attachment of a handle thereair of spring jaws projecting from said head and each substantially an equi- 'lateral triangle inform, said jaws being arranged in `spaced relation and at a slight angle to eachother so that the space Ibetween said jaws contracts toward the inner ends of the jaws, said jaws having recesses in their opposing sides and pads in said recesses.

2. A plate lifter comprising a head arranged or the attachment of a handle thereto and a pair of spring jaws projecting from said head and each substantially an equil' lateral triangle in form, said jaws being a1- means comprising a manually operable Worm ranged 1n spaced relation and at a slight mounted for rotation in said head and said angle to each other so that the space between movable Jaw having a neck movable 1n a 10 said jaws contracts toward the inner ends slot in said head and provided With teeth 5 of the jaws, one of said jaws being arranged which are engaged by sald worm.

for movement toward and from the other, .ln Witness whereof I aiiix my slgnatul'e.

and means to move said movable jaw, said MARIA GUITIAN. 

